Laundry appliance



Nav. 24, 1925- Mi C. ACHRISTY LAUNDRY APPLIANCE Filed Aug. 28, 1925 Fig.2,

5.14 ventola MAY C'. C'HRisTY Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

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MAY C. CHRISTY, OF CLEVELAND, GEIQ; JAMES CHRSTY ADMINISTRATOR OF SAIDMAY C. CHRSTY, EECEASFID.`

LAUNDRY AEPLIANGE.

Application filed .august 2%, 1923. Serial No. 659,719.

To all 'whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, MAY C. CHRISTY, citizen of the United States,residing` at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Uhio,have invented certain new Aand useful improvements in a Laundry.fiplpliance, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to laundry appliances, and my general object is toprovide an improved hand rubbing `device which may be used in connectionwith a corrugated wash board to expedite the work of hand washing and topromote thorough and complete cleansing of clothing or other fabrics. .ifurther object is to provide a hand rubbing` appliance faced withrubber, preferably corrugated on angular intersecting lines toprovidenumerous small projections adapted to effect a medium friction upon oneside of the goods While the other side is in rubbing engagement with therelatively larger and ycoarser corrugated surface of a wash board.Another object is to connect a supplemental rubbing appliance to a washboard in a simple and practical way whereby the two devicesmay beconveniently handled and manipulated and used together or separably asoccasion may require.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a washboard and my improved rubbing appliance connected together and shown inworking position with in a wash tub. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of myimproved rubbing appliance alone.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a wash board and my improved rubbingappliance operatively connected to the upper end of the wash board.

The invention 'comprises a fiat rectangular rubbing member or block 2which may be made of wood or other material, An elongated handle 3having incurved or slanting sides i extends lengthwise over the middleof the block to provide a. comfortable hand grip for both hands and topermit a uni form pressure to be applied to opposite ends of the block.A thin sheet 5 of rubber or rubber coated fabric is nailed or otherwiseaffixed to the flat bottom of bloclr 2, and the main body of this sheetis preferably formed with a moderately roughened rubbing surface 6 topromote washing of the goods and to produce suilicient friction to movethe goods over the corrugated body 7 of a wash board 8 when the block ismanipulated with that end in view. The rubbing surface 6 is preferablycomposed of a multiplicity of small rubber studs or projections closelyset or related, and these projections may be of the form shown or anyother suitable shape. The rubbing surface being formed of rubber ayielding or resilient rubbing effect is produced and by applyingpressure variously the friction on the goods may be lessened orincreased correspondingly and the rubbing block either moved over thegoods itself or the goods carried over the corrugated wash board withthe rubbing block.

ln Fig. l, l show rubbing member 2 con nected to the legs 9 of washboard 8 by an articulated wire frame, comprising a bail 10 pivotallyunited with handle 3, and a pair of wire links 11 hinged to theextremities of the side arms of the bail and to the inner sides of legs9 of the wash board. The joints may be sufliciently loose or free topermit rubbing member 2 to be moved freely within limits in a lateraldirection upon the corrugated body 7 of the wash board, and member 2 maybe reciprocated the full length of the corrugated body without hindranceand also raised and removed apart therefrom. The articulated connectionsalso permit rubbing member 2 to be thrown forward and folded over thefront wall of the wash tub, that is to say, placed temporarily out ofthe tub while the wash board is being used separately for any reason.Rubbing member 2 may also be turned upon the connecting portion 12 ofbail 10 to place rubbing surface 6 uppermost so that exceptionally finefabrics may be scrubbed or washed solely upon this finely corrugated ormoderately roughened rubber surface.

In Fig. 3 l show rubbing member 2 connected by an articulated wire frameto the upper end of a wash board instead of to the lower end as in Fig.l. In this form of the invention the side arms of a bail lli arepivotally connected to a second wire bail 15 having a. cross connection16 fastened iu hinged union with the wash board frame by means ofstaples 17 driven into the side bars relatively near top cross piece 18.A jointed connection of this kind permits member 2 to be operated freelyback and forth over the corrugated body of the wash board and bail 15may be wide enough to permit its arms to clear the side bars of the washboard and to permit member 2 to be turned over the top andto the rear.

In Fig. 3 the Wash hoard is lying flat on horizontally, andit may loeused in this Way,v

with rubbing memloeiv 2, but it may also he use. o'f'w Wash bc nidzfilone, and they Work: of'.l Washing 1s greatly expeditedand'nlso'nno're` efficiently accomplished.

Brieiy, goods which are otherwise rliH- cultto Wash absolutely clean canyhefpeizfe'ctly cleansed with quickness vand despatch wit l1tliiszdevices, and Both :md coarse fobie-ics can be., thoroughly WashedWithout damage.

What I regard as my invention or discoyery, andldesii'e to elziin, is

A lundiyfland appliance adapted to he usedco.operatively with thecorrugated sulface of a Washboard, consisting of a solid fiat rubbingbloeknrand a. thin finely-corrugated rubber-e0ated sheet of textilefabric' aifixed to the bottomirifaceithereof@ In' testimony whereofLzdxfmy;signature here this 25th -dayaof VAugust7K 19231 MALY G.GHRISTY.

